Caroline Dudley was the daughter of a prominent Middle Tennessee settler and leader, Guilford Dudley both were among the spectators invited to witness the treaty event. Note: this portrait was painted in Franklin, Tennessee in August of 1830 during the landmark treaty summit between President Andrew Jackson and the Chickasaw Nation, conducted at the city's Masonic Hall. Housed in a wooden frame with gilt metal sight edge and oak leaf hanger. Inscription identifying subject as "Kinhichi", en verso or interior paper liner, and as "Kinhishee" on the exterior of the back of the frame. 1830 TENNESSEE PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF KINHECHE, CHICKASA.Caroline Dudley (Tennessee, 1802-1832) important watercolor miniature portrait painting, depicting Chickasaw Native American dignitary Kinheche in bright garb and headdress holding a bow and arrow.
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